Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1b999608c1c34933…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.4 KB Created: 2021-06-01 00:51:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 304350ec19c438976c51f6dd83319b58 SHA-1: c2223cbe8afc3e75264cc09431c32af3cb3f2426 SHA-256: 1b999608c1c34933a315e7b37eb8c2cfe0aacd14be38be805138e382130ecfdf
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating it functions as a link farm. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution, leveraging the 'Spearphishing Attachment' technique. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=is+ch4%252B2o2%253Dco2%252B2h2o+a+neutralization+reaction
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file/%5C/54161459997.pdf
    • https://greshamgilessalon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/284bbab42c4adbc89ee48b301c63e2c9/soguvenomesezaxuvibarob.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0fa2e72675---fukevomimaxojosixito.pdf
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37d54eaf8db5d75aa66eb20c8c98e8dd/xudesapik.pdf
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/bumalanifu.pdf
    • https://faltprasten12.se/anvandarbilder/70/files/55990545567.pdf
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607499b079ae4---tewokex.pdf
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b08dd4a4bce15da3b841577593662aa/tisiliwe.pdf
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b18c895243ca488d79566705186aca6/nabilividumawasafonipofin.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c45678d3ec---vewujeledagavusowasi.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a47f2b438ba---liwedexuwi.pdf
    • http://associacaoguainumbi.org.br/wp/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160831996390eb---30497673809.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68962f518fe3a55c1ab2e408c1940b34/89797086708.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b21c74852c---xukogopenadedaxonisas.pdf
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d39c7c889---bomenuvumibamamuze.pdf
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40d16cbcd77c0c6b767132fb738070e7/18642473601.pdf
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d0ea94706---91531693037.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d956.bin
6a413cce40da68f675f77b6b45bdd1fa0eaeb9a78c341810f5e9488a8d4c379c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD956 3136 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000e479.bin
b6f1ddb003f5e4d1cea7f3e1432a4099080a829754864983588ccd4c4a7467b4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE479 5140 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5fd.bin
3cb2373cd13a2c72a503dae83ca19e0f995efe5eb4ce2bfb56583c24a2185a30
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FD 11296 bytes